Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aa88ad997aa1d10b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

2.6 KB
MD5: 38df286fa94084ddb320711b32a484d1 SHA-1: 3f9f6ad759482e073c48c13bd5ab7b27a29578fa SHA-256: aa88ad997aa1d10b315ef420989f834350c484ce00ff792701eb87e1a671265d
138 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file contains an embedded XFA form with an XFA image payload that exploits CVE-2010-0188 in Adobe Reader. This indicates the file is designed to execute arbitrary code upon opening. The embedded file 'embedded_file_obj0001.bin' is likely the delivered payload.

Heuristics 5

  • Adobe Reader LibTIFF XFA image exploit — CVE-2010-0188 critical CVE likely CVE_2010_0188
    PDF contains XFA image data with an inline crafted TIFF payload and shellcode/delivery markers. This is the data-bound variant of the CVE-2010-0188 Adobe Reader LibTIFF/XFA exploit shape.
  • ClamAV: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-90 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Exploit.Dropped-90
  • Embedded file low PDF_EMBEDDED
    PDF embeds a file attachment — could carry an executable or another weaponised document as a nested payload
  • XFA form low PDF_XFA
    PDF uses XML Forms Architecture — can contain script logic
  • Suspicious extracted artifact info EXTRACTED_FILE_STATIC_TRIAGE
    One or more files extracted from inside this sample matched static suspicious-content checks such as script obfuscation, encoded payload blobs, packed data, or execution/download terms.

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
embedded_file_obj0001.bin
c5665c143e0f3df6b4f0a4de799357abfdd6ac6a93d5d905cfd494f805e36ab6
pdf-embedded-file PDF EmbeddedFile object 1 at offset 0x5D 13473 bytes
Detection
ClamAV: No threats found
Obfuscation or payload: likely
Carved artifact contains 1 long base64-like blob(s).